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one of the larger villages in the eastern part of the bay is situated in the inner bay a few miles east of Pim. It consists of 75 or 100 houses built at over the water on either side of a elevated wall made of split coconut palm trunks. I walked along the village wall and into the communal house for lunch. It was a rather poorly constructed line of rough lumber ad crip. The inner platform consisted of a big wooden platform in which were kept the dome canegates and a few personal belongings. These dome contents were of a modern type with ledes, paper and colored paints mixed in with the native goods. Grocery seemed to predominate the plans of the high dunes, while a few had plans of the kind of gardens. There were no normal signs or store and in this decoration.
Ranging from the roof of the more homes were sacred objects so food skulls, vertebrae, fins, neten gongs, and to the fly which I supposed had the effect of magic on the inhabitants. Women were forbidden to enter the homes and as far as I could discern nor can within 75 ft. dit. Young boys were also forbidden to enter. At play however frequently squered into the doors and remained there until chased away with gybbas and gestures by the elders of the hogs. In oldest boy which remained in the house was of an age of about 15 years.
Returned at Hallandis at 11:30 this morning in time to dress and accompanying the group to the farm of the Reyzland for a nice tail! It was an excellent meal at kind that calls for a siesta afternoon. I slept until 5:30.
This evening we tried out on it the portable radio set. The transmitter is not working or in the 3rd land on the receiver.